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Over the past few months, TechRepublic has mentioned several useful alternative applications to Adobe Acrobat and the editing of PDF files. What is your current application of choice for editing PDF documents?
My organisation uses Nitro PDF. Despite not having all the features of the 'official' PDF authoring software it does what we need it to do, far more economically, and offers several features/workflow enhancements Adobe doesn't offer.
From a personal perspective, starting up in a fraction of the time of Adobe and not loading excessive bloat or memory-sucking 'standby' software is also a plus. Nitro (and I'll assume Soda) do what they need to do, then they get out of the way so you can continue work efficiently.
From a personal perspective, starting up in a fraction of the time of Adobe and not loading excessive bloat or memory-sucking 'standby' software is also a plus. Nitro (and I'll assume Soda) do what they need to do, then they get out of the way so you can continue work efficiently.
There is so much software out there claiming to do better than the established front-runner does.
I have tried many pieces of software claiming to improve my life on the computer and will continue to.
I have wised-up to all this, by sticking with the software that has continued to save me time and pence.
Yes, we all like to think that the competitors are offering something better, but nearly always this is not the case. In fact, they have wasted our money and time.
No software or company will replace the human brain completely. They may come close!
I am an engineer and use many different items to reach my goals, sometimes using many multi-platform pieces of software, which I haven't seen created into one entity, for the computer and probably never will.
Not in this lifetime.
If something is so good, why sell it for someone to pick it to pieces?
I have tried many pieces of software claiming to improve my life on the computer and will continue to.
I have wised-up to all this, by sticking with the software that has continued to save me time and pence.
Yes, we all like to think that the competitors are offering something better, but nearly always this is not the case. In fact, they have wasted our money and time.
No software or company will replace the human brain completely. They may come close!
I am an engineer and use many different items to reach my goals, sometimes using many multi-platform pieces of software, which I haven't seen created into one entity, for the computer and probably never will.
Not in this lifetime.
If something is so good, why sell it for someone to pick it to pieces?
This review, and most reviews I've seen for Acrobat alternatives, doesn't address the capabilities of Acrobat to produce pdf files that are accessible to screen readers and other assistive technology. This is a high priority for my organization, and we think it should be a high priority for everyone. Of course, the easiest thing to do is create an accessible document in Word and then just convert it. But we are often in the position of reworking existing pdf files to make them accessible. Can Soda PDF 5 do that? (Actually, doing it is not so easy in Acrobat -- it would be great if there were an easier to use alterntive!)
I didn't even consider looking into that. I'll have to dig deeper into Soda PDF soon and see if what you propose with assistive technology is possible.
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